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bug#14292: 24.3.50; `FIND: Parameter format not correct'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#14292: 24.3.50; `FIND: Parameter format not correct' |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:57:26 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:26:16 -0700
>
> 1. emacs -Q
>
> 2. Load library cygwin-mount.el then library setup-cygwin.el, from here:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/?action=elisp-area;context=0
>
> In a directory with some files having names matching aaa*:
>
> M-x find-name-dired
>
> Accept the default directory (current).
> Enter aaa* for the file-name pattern.
>
> I get the error of the Subject line.
>
> Same thing if I just enter commands like this in an Emacs `shell' buffer:
>
> > find . \( -iname aaa\* \) -exec ls -ld \{\} \;
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
> > find . \( -iname aaa\* \) -ls
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
>
> What am I missing? If I type exactly the same command in a Cywin
> terminal (outside Emacs), it works fine. My $SHELL is /bin/bash in both
> cases (inside and outside Emacs). Dunno whether there is an Emacs bug
> here. Help appreciated.
You are getting find.exe from the Windows's system32 directory, which
is an incompatible program. Rearrange your PATH so that find.exe you
want is found first.